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Sleep Disturbances and Glucose Metabolism in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. [PDF]

, 2015
ObjectiveWe examined the associations of symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which was defined as loud snoring, stopping breathing for a while during sleep, and daytime sleepiness, and insomnia with glucose metabolism and incident type 2 ...
Biggs, Mary Lou, Carnethon, Mercedes, Djoussé, Luc, Janszky, Imre, Kaplan, Robert C, Mukamal, Kenneth J, Patel, Sanjay R, Redline, Susan, Robbins, John A, Siscovick, David S, Strand, Linn Beate   +10 more
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Medicalisation, pharmaceuticalisation or both? Exploring the medical management of sleeplessness as insomnia [PDF]

, 2019
In this paper we examine the medical management of sleeplessness as ‘insomnia’, through the eyes of general practitioners (GPs) and sleep experts in Britain. Three key themes were evident in the data.
Coveney, Catherine, Gabe, Jonathan, Williams, Simon J.   +2 more
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Emerging Treatments Targeting the Genioglossus Muscle [PDF]

, 2019
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction caused by a loss of upper airway dilator muscle tone during sleep and an inadequate compensatory response by these muscles in the context of an anatomically
Cano-Pumarega, Irene, Castillo-García, María, García-Río, Francisco, Martínez-Sánchez, Ana Belén, Mediano, Olga, Ortigado, Ana, Resano, Pilar, Romero-Peralta, Sofia, Sánchez de la Torre, Manuel   +8 more
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Structural imaging biomarkers of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. [PDF]

, 2015
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is a major cause of premature death in people with epilepsy. We aimed to assess whether structural changes potentially attributable to sudden death pathogenesis were present on magnetic resonance imaging in people who ...
Balestrini, Simona, Diehl, Beate, Duncan, John S, Harper, Ronald M, Koepp, Matthias, Lhatoo, Samden, Micallef, Caroline, Sander, Josemir W, Scott, Catherine, Sisodiya, Sanjay M, Thom, Maria, Vos, Sjoerd B, Wandschneider, Britta   +12 more
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Letter Re: Butyrylcholinesterase is a potential biomarker for sudden infant death syndrome

EBioMedicine, 2022
Carmel Therese Harrington, Naz Al Hafid, Karen Ann Waters   +2 more
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Genetic variant in TNF-Alpha gene and its plasma level in relation to obstructive sleep apnoea in the Pakistani population

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Objective: To assess the link between tumour necrosis factor-alpha -308 guanine/adenine polymorphism and tumour necrosis factor-alpha plasma levels in relation to obstructive sleep apnoea.
admin, Ambreen Qamar, Muhammad Hanif, Zeba Haque, Sitwat Zehra, Saifullah Baig, Abdul Samad   +6 more
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Simultaneous sleep study and nasoendoscopic investigation in a patient with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome refractory to continuous positive airway pressure: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2009
Introduction The standard treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome is nasal continuous positive airway pressure. In most cases the obstruction is located at the oropharyngeal level, and nasal continuous positive airway pressure is usually ...
Gonçalves Miguel, SantaClara Elisabete, Magalhães Adriana, Drummond Marta, Loureiro Claudia, Winck João   +5 more
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Effects of glaucoma and snoring on cerebral oxygenation in the visual cortex: a study using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of snoring and glaucoma on the visual Haemodynamic Response (HDR) using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS).
Aitchison, Ross T., Hill, Gemma, Imrie, Jayne, Kennedy, Graeme J., Mansfield, David, Morrison, Gordon, Shahani, Uma, Simmers, Anita J., Ward, Laura M.   +8 more
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REM sleep obstructive sleep apnoea

European Respiratory Review
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) can occur in both rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM sleep or be limited to REM sleep, when the upper airway is most prone to collapse due to REM sleep atonia. Respiratory events are usually longer and more desaturating in REM than in NREM sleep.
Maria R. Bonsignore, Emilia Mazzuca, Pierpaolo Baiamonte, Bernard Bouckaert, Wim Verbeke, Dirk A. Pevernagie   +5 more
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Protocol of the SOMNIA project : an observational study to create a neurophysiological database for advanced clinical sleep monitoring [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction Polysomnography (PSG) is the primary tool for sleep monitoring and the diagnosis of sleep disorders. Recent advances in signal analysis make it possible to reveal more information from this rich data source.
Arsenali, Bruno, Bergmans, Jan W. M., Fonseca, Pedro, Haakma, Reinder, Hoondert, Bertram, Krijn, Roy, Lauwerijssen, Coen, Leufkens, Tim R., Maass, Henning, Overeem, Sebastiaan, Pevernagie, Dirk, Pillen, Sigrid, van den Heuvel, Leonie, van Dijk, Johannes P., van Gilst, Merel M., van Sloun, Ruud J. G., Vandenbussche, Nele   +16 more
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